Lekkerbly Grootbos experience

ACCOMMODATION - BACK TO NATURE - WITHOUT COMPROMISE
Space, light and the time to enjoy them. Set among the ancient milkwood trees, our large, private suites give the guest a chance to unwind, surrounded by the splendours of nature and pampered by all the comforts of home.

Each suite has its own secluded balcony from which you can admire the sunsets over the ocean or start the day in tune with the forest birds. Natural textures and colours bring the harmony of nature into your suite. Spacious, finely appointed bathrooms complete the feeling of utter luxury. Strolling between your suite and the main lodge, winding pathways will guide you past the largest milkwood forests in the world.

2 or 3 nights package:

- Accommodation in free standing luxury suites
- Welcome drink
- Five course dinner (fine cuisine prepared by master chefs)
- Breakfast buffet with full English breakfast menu
- Mediterranean lunch
- Fresh fruit basket daily
- Transfers to all activities & specified activities

Special 3 nights stay: Complimentary boat trip to Dyer Island (whale season between June and December)

CUISINE - FEAST ON THE EXPERIENCE
Knowing that our guests have enjoyed an active day in the fresh air is all the encouragement needed to provide the perfect meal to end a perfect day. Drawing inspiration from the abundance of scents and colours in nature around them, our chefs conjure up magical combinations that replenish and inspire body and soul. Fish caught on the day, succulent meats and fresh home-grown vegetables are enhanced with flavours from our flourishing herb garden.

"NEW GUESTS!” is the cheerful call often heard in the lodge at Grootbos. Greeted with a smile and welcomed with a glass of fine South African sparkling wine, guests at Grootbos are made to feel instantly special.

Two lodges, one great experience! The classic Garden Lodge set in a lush indigenious surrounding is the ideal family getaway. The new Forest Lodge with its contemporary and modern style appeals to the cosmopolitan traveller.

Feel welcome at a truly unique place where conservation and relaxation have found the perfect home.

Activities included in the rate and accompanied by nature guides:
- A few of our incredible walks include, i.e. the Pincushion Trail and Protea Trail.
- Enjoy a morning or late afternoon walk in our Milkwood Forest where trees over a thousand years old tell their own stories.
- Coastal marine walks and swimming along snow-white 30km beaches (beach umbrellas, towels, etc. all supplied by the lodge).
-A guided walk to Klipgat Cave, one of the world’s most renowned archeological middle-stone-age site
- 4 x 4 drives and walks in the richest botanical area in South Africa (fynbos).
- Bird watching
- Self-guided walks & trails
- Horse riding for beginners and advanced riders through the private fynbos nature reserve.

DISCOVER - SATURATE YOUR SENSES
Experience nature like never before. Let our expert guides introduce you to the wonders of the fynbos. Discover the fascinating relationships between the insects, birds, mammals and flowering plants of this diverse ecosystem. Smell the aromatic wild herbs, watch for exquisite birds and be awed by the scenery that surrounds you.

Take a meandering path through an ancient Milkwood forest, where thousand-year-old trees send exploratory branches in search of sunlight, or visit one of the remnant Afro-montane forests on the reserve. Young and old can explore this natural wonderland on foot or by four-wheel drive vehicle, or take a horse ride to enjoy the views from the elevation of a comfortable saddle on a well schooled horse or pony.

MARINE - EYE TO EYE WITH OCEAN GIANTS
Our coastline offers a marine experience like no other. See 40-ton Southern Right Whales only metres from your boat (visit sharkwatchsouthafrica.com and whalewatchsouthafrica.com to see more). Travel to the island refuge of huge sea bird colonies and admire the underwater antics of a 60 000 strong Cape Fur Seal colony. Be amazed by the awesome spectacle of a great white shark breaking the surface and transfixing you with an unblinking stare.

The cliffs of Walker Bay, right at our doorstep, offer the best land based whale viewing in the world. Watch spellbound as mothers, calves and energetic bulls come to within 30 metres of the rocky shoreline.

FLORA - AN ADVENTURE FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Families discover countless adventures in a world with a wealth of treasures. It may be found in a beach excursion filled with a host of fun and games or an exciting boat trip to visit seals, penguins and the humbling giant of the ocean, the Southern Right Whale (Visit sharkwatchsouthafrica.com and whalewatchsouthafrica.com to see more).

If you prefer to stay firmly land-based, a rich choice of nature based activities are available. Children help feed the animals and enjoy riding lessons on the paddock and outrides through the reserve.

ON SCENIC WALKS OR 4X4 DRIVES OUR GUIDES WILL SHARE EXCITING NATURE STORIES WITH YOU

THE CAPE'S FLORAL ENVIRONMENT
... is one of a kind. Nowhere else is plant life more diverse. Grootbos Nature Reserve conserves 1700 hectares of pristine fynbos, the Cape’s unique vegetation type. Within our borders lies a wealth of more than 650 species of indigenous plants. Huge stands of extravagant proteas paint the hillsides and bulbs burst into flower after fire. Pollination, seed dispersal and germination - there is always something happening and a story to be told. Our expert botanical guides will open your eyes to the intricacies of the fynbos ecosystems and leave you with another lasting impression of the wonders of nature.

Waar ligt Grootbos?

Klik hier en lees meer over de Grootbos Foundation

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Lekkerbly Tours & Safaris (NL)
Korte Woldpromenade 14 – 8331JK Steenwijk
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Lekkerbly Tours & Safaris
P.O. Box 25427
Monument Park 0105
Pretoria (South Africa)
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Grootbos Foundation

The Grootbos Foundation was established during 2004 in order to manage and implement environmental and social development projects for Grootbos.

OUR MISSION
The conservation of biodiversity of Grootbos and its surrounds and development of sustainable nature based livelihoods through ecotourism, research, management and education.
OUR OBJECTIVES
1. To conserve and restore indigenous flora and fauna and their biological communities.
2. To educate and inform local and international visitors about the biological, historical and cultural heritage of the Western Cape.
3. To promote an awareness of biodiversity value amongst local communities and develop nature based sustainable livelihoods for previously disadvantaged communities.
4. To take a leading role in conservation initiatives in the region.
FUNDING
Funds generated by the ecotourism business are invested through the Foundation into project implementation. In this way our guests are directly supporting biodiversity conservation and social upliftment on the Agulhas Plain. The Foundation also generates its own income through the sale of indigenous plants and landscaping services provided by the Green Futures horticultural and Life Skills College. The Foundation has also been supported by the DEG (German investment bank), the Eden Project in Cornwall as well as through donations from corporations and individuals visiting Grootbos.
LEGAL STATUS
We are a separate Section 21 Company (not for profit) with ten high profile, independent board members that form an advisory board.
OUR PROJECTS
The Foundations implementation strategy is based on three pillars: Conservation, Research and Development of Sustainable nature-based livelihoods. Projects are presently being implemented within each of these categories. Here are a few of our current projects ...
Sustainable harvesting of fynbos flowers
As part of the Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative (ABI) sustainable harvesting component, student Sandra Gernandt is exploring the impacts of harvesting on seed set and regeneration of the pincushion protea, Leucospermum cordifolium. This is part of a larger study programme being led by the Foundation Director Sean Privett on levels of sustainability and carrying capacity of fynbos harvesting.
The Green Futures Project
This unique project provides annual, practical-based training programs for unemployed people in the fields of fynbos landscaping, horticulture and ecotourism. The project is designed to develop nature-based sustainable-livelihoods for people from local communities around Grootbos. Linked to the college is an indigenous plant nursery and fynbos landscaping business that generates income for theFoundation. In this way each year students are growing plants and working in landscaping projects that will help to pay for the next years students tuition. (www.greenfutures.co.za).
Siyakula township greening project
The Foundation assisted Green Futures graduate Nozuko Pelem to establish this project in the local township, Masakhane. Nozuko is determined to take what she learnt in the Green Futures College to the people of her community. With the aid of a local donor and land provided by the Municipality, the Foundation has facilitated the establishment of a vegetable growing and greening project at the local crèche that aims to provide food for the children, environmental awareness to community members, fynbos plants for sale to nurseries and the public as well as trees and flowers for greening of public areas in the township.

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